Preliminary R&D Code
celerate(4,0,25,3); //accelerates all motors from 0% to 25% power in three seconds
goFor(1); //go for one second
celerate(4,25,20,2); //accelerate all motors from 25% to 20% in two seconds
reverse(4); //reverse all motors
MotorSpeed(4,25); //set all motors to 25% power
goFor(2); // go for two seconds
brake(4); //stops all motors
Preliminary R&D Data
Preliminary Design
Prototypes
Final Prototype
Concept Scoring
Concept Screening
Findings
After completing the screening and scoring matrices, Team N found that the second preliminary AEV design would be most beneficial to move forward into the Advanced Research and Development Stage. After building the design the team found the AEV to be unbalanced and then proceeded to build the prototype used in the performance tests. The final design was well balanced with the caboose connected, however, the team would have reduced the weight where possible in order to decrease weight and power necessary.